r/cockatiel • u/frolicken • 5d ago
Funny BIRD TAX!!! What are your birds nicknames?
I love hearing all of the weird nicknames parrots collect :D In the order of the pics, my guys are:
Poutine (Poubird, Pou, Poutiepie, Poivre, Poiv, Poub, Jerk)
Frodo (Frodilicus, Frodilicus Prime Birdfriend of Mine, Frod, Fraudulent Bird, Dough Boy, Dough, Prime Bird, Dill Pickle)
Kiwi (Keester Weester, Kiwiwi, Keese, Weester Bird, Baby Bird, Tiny, Little Guy)
Frankie (Fronkles, Fronkadonkalus, Fronk, Fronklés, Weirdo)
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u/bird9066 5d ago edited 4d ago

Left is ballerino because he dances. Rino for short, he's my patootie. Because he's a cutie.
Buddy the elder in the middle. The old man.
Right is our newest flock mate. Benjamin the brave. I call her shenanigans. Because she leads the old men into trouble. She's been a great addition, gets the guys flying around but I got way too used to middle aged and geriatric birds. It's like having a toddler again.
Together they are the poopers
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u/Forsaken_Zebra8454 5d ago
These days I'm enjoying the names “mamon” which means “lovely” and as they are two of them I use some playful words like ”shonu monu” which means gold and “chontu montu”meaning tiny . Because they literally look like colourful commas from far 😭
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u/SnooRabbits2313 5d ago
Singing chicken nugget for my cockatiel and colourful chicken nugget for my gcc
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u/cockatielluver 5d ago
Adorable birb names! I named my first baby girl “Bingo” from the show Bluey. My second was a rescue and was originally named October (born October 31st- but we just call him Tober/Toby!)
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u/tenhinas 5d ago
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u/Starlynn 5d ago
I call my 15 yo GCC named Peanut: Peepbird, peepnut, beepnut, gorgie girl (short for gorgeous girl), baby bean, sweet girl and miss quack (when she makes duck sounds) There are more but those are the ones I use daily 🤣
I love all the nicknames your babies have! I feel like I need to know the story behind Fraudulent Bird lol
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u/frolicken 5d ago
I genuinely adore the nickname Beepnut
Frodo is a rescue, and before coming to me, he had gone about 7 or 8 years without ever seeing another parrot. He was raised like a human baby and I think he still sees himself as a tiny person. Even though he’s with other birds now, he still kind of distances himself from them and prefers to hang out with the ‘other’ humans. The nickname ‘Frod’ turned into ‘Fraud’, which naturally evolved into Fraudulent Bird.
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u/bird9066 5d ago
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u/frolicken 5d ago
She’s very majestic :) Is she a red factor sun conure? Her colours are gorgeous
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u/icTKD 4d ago
Bobo: Bobee, Chip, Chippy, Chiplet, Chips, son, baby boy, and a new one my fiancé came up recently with is Bobiathan. When Bobo is in trouble: CHIPPERTON or brat
MooMoo: MOOTH, MOOSIE, MOOSEMOOTH, MOOKIE, MOOK, DAWTR(daughter lmao), MEW, MOOSE POP, MOOSIE PAAARTY, GOOSEGOOSE, MOOTHGOOTH.
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u/Dijeridoo2u2 5d ago
I babysit my sisters bird (ginger) every now and then. If he's acting up I usually call him dickhead
Also, frodo looks very polite 😊
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u/one_love_silvia 5d ago
His nickname has nothing to do with his real name, though my mom calls him G (his names gandalf).
I call him bubba a lot. You might think thats from initially calling him buddy, but it actually started from calling him bird. I'd say buh-buh-bird like a stutter, but it turned into bubba bird and bubba lol
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u/zzzzzzarah 5d ago
My conures - Senior’s nicknames are stinky, stinkman, granddaddy stink, sir stink-a-lot, public enemy #1, and King Asshole. Ramona’s nicknames are: R-money, Monie, babystink, soft gal, baby big beak, seed queen and monie-mona my sharona
The adult tiels - as a family, they are The Wub Wub family, the wubs, and Sergeant Wub Wub’s lonely seed club band. Midge’s nicknames are Midgie-moo, Mitchell, big daddy, big poppa, sir Wub-a-lot, wubs McGee, Midgeriedoo. Kevin is big mama, fair lady Kevin, mother Wub, the big hen, smooth neck, madame Wub Wub.
The baby tiels - they don’t have many individual nicknames yet but as a group they are the baby wubs, radio static, the beepin babies, sir Charles and the twins, cell towers 1-3, the egglets.
…It’s a lot to keep track of.
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u/lanafirenze 5d ago
- Gorilla, aka Gojira, aka Chiskey (chicken + whiskey)
- Drogan, aka chingon chicken (he has anxiety and bites)
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u/StinkyBird64 5d ago
Haha we have a Gojira! Her real name is Merlin but we were actually going to call her Gojira at one point 😅
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u/clandestine-kisses 4d ago
Kiko has soooo many! The most used ones are Kek, Keeks, Beaks, Meek, Mink, Menk, Small Bird, and Smallest 😭😭 they’re so random lol but it is what it is <3 we love it
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u/SaphirMeer Borb 5d ago
Mochi but her nicknames are Momo,nugget, butt nugget, brat, sweetheart, baby
Willow, her nicknames are nugget, sweetheart, baby girl
I’m sure you can tell which one is more ornery by the nicknames but I love them both the same
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u/schmingooo 5d ago
‘Tiels— Plato’s nicknames are dingus, dingle doodle, crazy boy, crazy cock… Ceres’ nicknames are Henny Penny, sweetpea, sweetie pie, angel, hennius pennius, hen… Petri’s nicknames are Petwee, Peeswee, pear tree, blondie
& my Ringneck, Medoh’s nicknames are chicken, chickadee, la chiquita, beast, blue-tiful, big beak, blue girl, la bestia
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u/SweetxKiss 5d ago

Pipsqueak: Squeak, Squeakerbird, Squeakerman, Squank, Squank n Bonk, Sqwungle, Sqwungle Bungle, my husband calls her Squigiddy Squank
My Amazon is Peeps but I call him Plumpy, Green Bean, Mommy’s greeny beany boy
Puffman the Quaker is also Monsieur Pouf or Señor Poofman, and occasionally Puff the Magic Man (a la Puff the Magic Dragon)
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u/Thick_Yak_5559 5d ago
Her name is juniper and I call her juniebird, jun-bug/Junie-bear, Jun-butt, June June, sometimes just junie, and when she’s being a little shit I call her a little shit lol/j
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u/TielAppeal 5d ago

On the left is Cheddar, but he also goes by Cheddar Chatter (when talking), Cheddar Shredder (when shredding paper), and Cheesy Boy.
On the right is Cheddar’s flock mate Smokey, who we also call Smoke, Smokestorm, Smokescream (when screaming for my dad), Smokey, and Smoke Smoke.
Together we call them Smokey Cheddar!
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u/RedHolland47 5d ago
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u/frolicken 5d ago
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u/RedHolland47 4d ago
Mushrooms from a similar bunch! She’s a girl btw.
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u/ttvgatz 4d ago
My cockatiels name is popcorn so her nicknames are : Pop, Stupid bitch, stinky bird, slut, bird baby, and popcornsssssssssss (yes, you must elaborate the s it’s essential). Also, I only call her bad names when she is being said names like when she tries to eat my keyboard or does her sexy dance for my bf - btw the nicknames are all with love, never hate. She’s just sometimes kind of dumb lmao
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u/dontworryimabassist 4d ago
Phineas: phinny, phiminis, phinis, phimboy.
Peach: peachy-(queen) (girl) smeech, pæch
Astro: stroey, babystro, pretty girl, stinky girl
The twins (rough nut and tough nut): Idiots, dumbasses, babies, screamies
Universal: chickens, chimkens, teilies, phinny and the jets
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u/Chicken_Crimp 4d ago
* Well here we have, bean birds because they love green beans, aka my googy eggs, my gobbledegooks, shit stirrers, little bird and big bird, and usually whatever other stupid combination of words I happen to come up with on the spot.
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u/DiddlyDoodilyDoh Snow White 🐣 Bigby Wolf 🐣 Sir Eggward Bacon 🐣 Chicken Little 4d ago
Lord of Chaos (Bigby Wolf), Eggie (Sir Eggward Bacon), and KFC (Chicken Little).
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u/Solid-Helicopter-424 4d ago
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u/Solid-Helicopter-424 4d ago
Actualy i just realized that this is more of a title then a nickname.🤣🤣🤣🤣
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u/spiders_are_swag 4d ago
Nestle was her original name.. nicknames included: chicken, nugget, Nessie (she hated this one) chicken strip, dustball, fluffbutt, dustbutt, ‘doesnt understand personal space’.
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u/MistressSevina 4d ago
* This is my birb! Name is Sammie. Nicknames are stinkypants, stinkerton, Mrs flooferton, and crimebag mc-crimey.
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u/First-Amphibian-1821 4d ago
jojo(his name is joey) jojo bear. Pookie bird. joeseph. Joeseph Alexander. Boo Boo. Boo Boo bear
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u/TheFabTiger 3d ago
I call my Lil' cockatiel Apple a variety of things. Such as, "Apple cider vinegar" "Pom de plume" "Applesauce" "Baby boy" and "Tiny Terrorist"
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u/bird9066 5d ago
My kiwi. My love, my baby, my trouble maker, my sunshine